Front line and fortitude : memoirs of a Wasbie with the 'forgotten army'
Lockhart-Mure, E. J.2019
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During the Second World War, one of the largest British Commonwealth armies ever assembled fought the Japanese in South East Asia, first on the border between what was then British India and Burma and then pushing deeper into Burma itself. Supporting the Fourteenth Army were an intrepid group of women known colloquially as the Wasbies - the Women's Auxilliary Service (Burma) or WAS(B). This is the story of how Maria Pilbrow faced menace and heartbreak yet coped with fortitude and determination. In the course of her life she overcame loss, anguish, danger and desperation. She survived the jungle horrors and, after the war ended, again found love and the security she craved only to have them ripped away once more. She was forced to rebuild her life anew which she achieved with the friendship and support of her Wasbie friends.
Main title:
Front line and fortitude : memoirs of a Wasbie with the 'forgotten army' / E.J. Lockhart-Mure.
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Imprint:
Kibworth Beauchamp : Matador, 2019.Kibworth Beauchamp : Matador, 2019.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781789016437 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5477841940.5477
Language:
English
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BRN:
2104342